Study Links Chronic Pain Severity to Anger and Sense of Injustice

Screens have risen sharply in past 15 years, coinciding with increase in ADHD diagnoses in Sweden and elsewhere

The racing mind of insomnia may stem from flattened circadian rhythms

Graded encoding of spatial novelty scales in the human brain during virtual navigation

Single enzyme failure found to drive neuron loss in dementia

Video games may be a surprisingly good way to get a cognitive boost

The Lancet Series on Alzheimer's Disease-composed of 3 papers highlighting latest advances in diagnosis, treatment and controversies in the field

A randomized trial in 56 adults with ADHD found that 4 weeks of tACS significantly improved inattention versus sham, with effects lasting to week 8

Psilocybin shown to markedly reduce chronic pain and neuroinflammation

Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is associated with white matter lesions/hyperintensity (WMH), and elevated blood plasma cortisol predicts the severity of the damage.

Lower kidney function is linked to higher blood Alzheimer’s biomarkers, but not to higher dementia risk in an ageing cohort study.

Brain immune cells may drive more damage in females than males with Alzheimer’s

Researchers draw cellular blueprint for how we think, feel

Reducing social isolation protects the brain in later life, and this is valid regardless of gender, race, ethnicity and educational level with only minor differences among social categories

A recent study provides evidence that exposure to cannabis during pregnancy may alter brain development in offspring from the fetal stage through adulthood

New study shows that alcohol use disorder triggers a distinct immune response in the brain

New research shows that emotionally stimulating music can enhance specific types of memory recall, while relaxing music might help fade negative memories

Research found that World Trade Centre responders with PTSD had brains that appeared significantly older than their chronological age compared to those without PTSD

Our breathing rhythm directly impacts how our brain processes stimuli and retrieves memories

Study Reveals Long-Term Associations of Strangulation-Related Brain Injury from Intimate Partner Violence

Study links ADHD to a measurable brain activity pattern in children, with early signs it may be modifiable following a combined intervention involving non-invasive brain stimulation and cognitive training

A dementia vaccine could be real, and some of us have taken it without knowing

Hypothalamus acts as a neuroendocrine timekeeper, linking circadian disruption, metabolic dysfunction to the pace of aging

Microplastics could be fuelling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, by triggering inflammation and damage in the brain

Early Parkinson’s signal detected in daily step counts

The ‘silent’ brain cells that shape our behaviour, memory and health

A common gene variant worsens brain inflammation after Repeated Head Injuries

83% of autistic children and adolescents suffer from life-disruptive sleep disorders including difficulty falling asleep, night walking, night terrors, movement during sleep…

Dopamine neurons—the cells that drive reward & motivation while we’re awake—become surprisingly active during nonrapid eye movement sleep right after we learn something new

A new study shows psilocybin reshapes brain circuits linked to depression by weakening rigid cortico-cortical loops that trap people in negative thinking and strengthening sensory-motor pathways that help restore cognitive flexibility.

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